ETHICS AND ACADEMIC INTEGRITY - NEW TEACHING MATERIALS FOR DOCTORAL STUDIES

Author(s): Dan Vătăman / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2019

Following the entry into force of the Minister of National Education Order no. 3131/2018 on inclusion in education plans, for all university studies programs organized in higher education institutions in the national education system, of ethics and academic integrity courses, it was necessary to conceive and publish a set of didactic materials specially designed for doctoral students. As a result, I elaborated a university course that is accompanied by a seminar notebook, both teaching materials being designed to allow familiarizing of the doctoral students with the rules of ethics, deontology and integrity in academic activity and scientific research and thus developing a culture of responsibility in preventing, identifying and combating of potential academic frauds, especially plagiarism.

Cursul de formare profesională de scurtă durată organizat la Biblioteca Ştiinţifică USARB

Author(s): Elena Stratan / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1-2/2018

The Continuing Training Department of the State University of Moldova, in collaboration with the Scientific Library of the „Alecu Russo” Bălţi State University, organized two short-term courses The Basics of Library and Information Sciences and Current Trends in the Moldovan Libraries (75 hours ). There were 59 librarians from the libraries of all types, especially the territorial public in the North Zone - 15 districts and the Balti municipality. The trainers were the university librarians of Balti.

Przedsiębiorczość pozarolnicza w procesach dywersyfikacji gospodarstw rolnych w Polsce

Author(s): Katarzyna Żmija / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1.2/2019

The paper presents the scale and nature of the phenomenon of diversification of agricultural holdings in Poland. Diversification of an agricultural holding mean running additional, non-agricultural activities directly related to the agricultural holding, using its resources or agricultural products. Based on CSO data from 2013 and 2016, it was stated,inter alia, that in the analyzed period the number and percentage of diversified farms increased. The frequency of occurrence of this phenomen on and the type of activity carried outdepend on the specificity of the farm, i.e. both its physical size and economic strength.

СИСТЕМА ЗА ВИЗУАЛИЗАЦИЯ НА ДАННИ ОТ ЕНЕРГИЕН ТРЕНИРОВЪЧЕН КОМПЛЕКС

Author(s): Silvija Letskovska,Kamen Seymenliyski / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2019

This article presents the experience of Bourgas Free University in building an intelligent learning environment in renewable energy to integrate into the e-learning system. The learning environment involves the use of smart devices for monitoring and controlling two photovoltaic plants using a complex weather station.

ИЗСЛЕДВАНЕ ВЛИЯНИЕТО НА ТЕХНИЧЕСКИ ФАКТОРИ ВЪРХУ ПРОЦЕСИТЕ НА ИНТЕГРАЦИЯ НА ЕНЕРГИЙНИТЕ СИСТЕМИ НА БАЛКАНИТЕ

Author(s): Radoslav Simionov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2019

The development of energy processes within the European Union is regulated by current European legislation. The process began at the end of last century. In the 1990s, when most national markets for electricity and gas were still monopolized, the European Union and the Member States decided to gradually open those markets to competition. The first liberalization directives (first energy package) were adopted in 1996 (electricity) and 1998 (natural gas), and had to be transposed into the legal systems of the Member States by 1998 (electricity) and 2000 (natural gas). The second energy package was adopted in 2003 and its directives had to be transposed into national law by the Member States by 2004, with some provisions coming into force only in 2007. Industrial consumers and households were already able to choose their suppliers natural gas and electricity from a wider range of competitors. In April 2009, a third legislative package was adopted to further liberalize the internal market for electricity and gas, which amended the second legislative package and was a milestone for the completion of the internal energy market

BCS jako narzędzie realizacji strategii w organizacji (25 lat tradycji)

Author(s): Elżbieta Skrzypek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 11.2/2018

BSC is the basis of a strategy-oriented organization. It is a proven tool for measuring and performance reporting. This tool translates the mission and strategy into goals and a system of measures compiled in four perspectives: financial, market, process and development. The aim of the article is to show the path to BSC, its essence, structure, way of functioning, conditions of effectiveness, benefits that BSC brings. The article uses the analysis of available literature and inference. The article is also based on the author’s own experience related to the propagation of the BSC idea and its implementation.

FINANCE INNOVATIONS

Author(s): Aleksandra Stankovska,Savica Dimitrieska,Elizabeta Stamevska / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2019

Financial innovation, especially the application of information and communication technologies, has already revolutionised the financial industry and will continue to do so in the future.The general definition of innovations explains that they appear when new ideas, solutions and instruments are implemented in order to change the conditions of business entity and to improve its situation. The concept of “financial innovation” can be defined as making and promoting new financial products and services, developing new processes to facilitate financial activities, to interact with customers and to design new structures for financial institutions.

Izvještaj o radu BZK Preporod Sarajevo za 2018. godinu

Author(s): Merjem Čolpa Hodžić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 1/2018

Proteklu, 2018. godinu, uveliko je obilježilo objavljivanje XII kola edicije Bošnjačka književnost u 100 knjiga. Ovaj projekt iziskivao je velika materijalna sredstva, koja smo prikupljali na osnovu aplikacija kod državnih institucija. Knjige koje sadrži XII kolo: Hasan Kikić: Provincija u pozadini (33), Derviš Sušić: Pobune (58), Izet Sarajlić: Nekrolog glagolu voljeti – Husein Tahmiščić: Poziv na putovanje (65), Alija Isaković: Taj čovjek – Jednom (67), Ferida Duraković: Pohvala drvetu – Selim Arnaut: Plodovi (94).

Прикази сајтова (Web адресар) XXXI

Author(s): Slobodan Mandić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2019

Библиография на трудовете на професор Юлияна Стоянова

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2-3/2019

GEOPOLITICAL AND SECURITY DILEMMAS IN THE EURO-ATLANTIC COMMUNITY

Author(s): Cătălin Tomiţă Tomescu / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

Since the United States under the Donald Trump administration took a new stand towards the main global issues, China has become a “global player” and the Russian Federation has developed into a significant power again under President Putin’s leadership, while NATO, the European Union (EU) and all European countries have individually started to analyze their position and strategies in relation with those three powers. Also, since then, there have been some other significant events which contributed to the development of this analysis, such as: a very special and challenging foreign policy promoted by the White House; the Russian Federation’s intervention in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea; the conflict in Syria with two components-entities and countries involved, and the flow of immigrants towards Europe; Great Britain’s Brexit policy, and, last but not least, the “special” policy promoted by Ankara in relation with the United States, the European Union and the Russian Federation.

IS SCIENTIFIC REASONING THE KEY TO LEAN SIX SIGMA’S SUCCESS?

Author(s): Mitchell J. McCarthy / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

The Lean Six Sigma (LSS) process continue to be used throughout the public and private sectors to map processes seeking to make them lean and, thereby, more efficient and effective. We make the argument that the LSS process (i.e. Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC)) is inherently scientific. In Ronald N. Giere’s (1979) book entitled Scientific Reasoning, he develops a scientific reasoning methodology and then applies the methodology to describe the process used to discover deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). The article will overlay real-world LSS project conducted by an element of the United States Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) between 2006 and 2008 and its DMAIC process atop Giere’s Scientific Reasoning Methodology. Ultimately, this article uses the scientific reasoning methodology to bound the evidence necessary to form the scientific explanation that the DMAIC process is indeed – scientific and the key to Lean Six Sigma’s success.

THE MOTIVATION TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY AMONG SWEDISH AND NORWEGIAN SOLDIERS. A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Author(s): Johan Osterberg,Joel Nilsson,Nina Hellum / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

The geographic location of Sweden and Norway, combined with a deteriorated security situation in the Nordic Region and a renewed focus on national defense, makes the development of their armed forces a hot topic. In Sweden, after years of downsizing, the Armed Forces are now building up again, and the NATO member Norway has the strategic location bordering the Barents Sea in the North. These circumstances underline the importance of the motivation to serve among enlisted personnel in order to ensure a sufficient manning of the armed forces. A qualitative interview study was conducted with enlisted soldiers in Sweden and Norway with the aim of studying the motivation to serve among this population. A thematic analysis was used and results show that the motivation to serve could be understood from the following three themes: The Military as a Stepping Stone, International Mission, and Geographical Location and Benefits.

CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE EXPORT OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT DEVELOPED IN COOPERATION

Author(s): Ion Anghel / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

The problems and the possible schemes of organization between industries and the relations of this organization with European Union member states for optimization of the export of military equipment developed in cooperation generate wide discussions. As a consequence, this article highlights some of these debates and export advantages to ensure the economic viability of the cooperation programs.

CALCULATION METHOD FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION CRITERIA IN RECONNAISSANCE DATA PROCESSING

Author(s): Azad Bayramov,Vugar Mammadov / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

In this paper, the methods of determination of various information criteria in reconnaissance data processing have been considered. The methods of determination of a reliability of the reconnaissance information source, of quantitative assessment and analysis of properties of a reconnaissance source have been offered. These methods can be applied in combat front zone for reconnaissance data gathering and processing, for assessment of data accuracy The method of quantitative assessment and analysis of reconnaissance data accuracy and assemble has been offered in consideration of the entropy of reconnaissance data. This method can be applied for reconnaissance data processing. The problem of information value loss in reconnaissance data processing has been considered. The calculation method of reconnaissance information accuracy has been considered in one example. These methods will increase the effectiveness and rationality of using of the reconnaissance forces and means.

MODEL DEVELOPMENT OF NAVAL BASE DETERMINATION. A SYSTEM DYNAMICS AND INTERPRETATIVE STRUCTURAL MODELING (ISM) APPROACH

Author(s): Joko Purnomo,Zaenal Fanani,T. Domai,A. Hariswanto / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

The Navy Base as an integral component of the SSAT is the spearhead of the force in carrying out support for naval combat operations, especially as a support for the movement of KRI operations. During this time we have determined the location of the Navy Base only based on the results of the workgroup team's decision. This study aims to design and build a model of the selection of the Navy Base location with a dynamic System and Interpretative Structural Modeling (ISM) approach. This research is expected to contribute to the development of the Indonesian Navy base to support national maritime security. Based on the results of the research analysis as many as 4 main criteria and 15 sub-criteria that have interactions with base sustainability can be established. The sub-criterion of changing the value of sea security is influenced by 6 sub-criteria with Output, namely the value of national security. Aspects of the rate of base defense strength are influenced by 6 (six) sub-criteria with Output, namely the value of maritime potential development. The aspect rate of the number of SSATs is influenced by 5 (five) sub-criteria with outputs namely the development value of maritime potential. Base defense value, Marine Territorial Development value, sea security value.

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: CAUSES AND CHALLENGES A GEORGIAN CASE STUDY

Author(s): Ekaterine Gakhokidze / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

The purpose of this research topic is to analyze the global challenges of terrorism that pose a threat to national security, identify the interaction between the globalization process and terrorism whether globalization is a major contributing factor to the spread of terrorism or it is caused by the weakening of state security institutions and the domestic challenges.In the framework of this study, we will discuss the Islamic State’s policy regarding Georgia. Special attention will be paid to the causes that facilitate the recruitment and radicalization of Georgian citizens to join ISIS, and describe the region in Georgia which is the most vulnerable to radicalization. The article provides also some statistics and main tendencies about the spread of terrorism all over the world.

THE THREATS ANALYSIS OF THE ISLAMIC STATE NETWORK DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA REGION : Case Study of the Border of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines

Author(s): Tri Legionosuko,Joni Widjayanto,I. Nengah Putra,April Kukuh Susilo,Okol Sri Suharyo / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

Development of Islam in Southeast Asia in the beginning comes from Gujarat Arab and Persia in a peaceful way; it never uses violence or war. Harry J.Benda states that Indianized Southeast Asia area, namely Indonesia and Malaysia frequently called as Islam Melayu-Indonesia. In addition, Vietnam is Sinicized Southeast Asia that influences Muslim area of South Thailand. The situation at this time, almost all countries face the threat of terrorism, either separatism of Islam area or anarchy activity of International terror network - for example the cases of Al-qaedah in the form of first bali bombing in Indonesia, Islamic State Iraqi and Suriah (ISIS) in Suriah, middle east and Islamic State (IS) in the form of Insurgency of Moro in Philippines. Based on these problems, this study aims to provide a threat analysis of the development of the Islamic state network in the Southeast Asia region. This research takes case studies in the border regions of Southeast Asia in 4 (four)major countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. The threat of terror in Southeast Asia is currently divided into three generations of terror, namely the first Al-Qaeda terror network threat, the second ISIS terror network threat and the third IS terror terror network threat. These three threats become the problem of the threat of national development and the life of society, nation and state for the countries of Southeast Asia.

BUSINESS CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT IN THE BANKING AND FINANCE SECTOR. AN OVERVIEW OF SECTOR RELATED VARIABLES

Author(s): Cristina Iusan,Dorel Badea,Olga Maria Cristina Bucoveţchi,Dumitru Iancu / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

The article highlights the main criteria and characteristics for analyzing the functionality of the banking and finance sector, both from the user’s perspective of the services and from the supplier’s perspective, an approach correlated with the main lines of effort mentioned by the specific standards for business continuity management. The research method is mostly exploratory, using predefined formats for investigating the problem (DESTEP analysis, CANVAS analysis), with the intention of identifying some existing benchmarks in the Romanian practice in the field. The main contribution of the study is aimed at the qualitative increase of the financial security culture of the population and institutions in the public and private environment,identified as the main beneficiaries of the banking and finance services and products.

DROPBOX AS AN ENABLER OF LANGUAGE LEARNING

Author(s): Ana Maria CHISEGA-NEGRILĂ,Luiza KRAFT / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

Traditional education is nowadays replaced by modern forms of teaching and learning tailored to suit a variety of needs and organized so that knowledge can be delivered and gained in a shorter time than before.Many businesses became interested in providing employees with courses tailored to meet their needs and developed computer networks; it become obvious these networks put a number of problems related to cost and feasibility. Therefore, learning began to use public or private services that had advantages related not only to their reduced cost, but also to their capacity to store and share information. ESP courses followed the trend and began to use services such as Google Apps, Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services.This paper presents the advantages of cloud-computing for language learning, using the example of Dropbox as a method of personal cloud storage and a means to share course outlines, bibliography and academic requirements.